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An Abuja High Court connected Tuesday adjourned the proceedings of erstwhile National Security Adviser, retired Col. Sambo Dasuki, until Oct. 21 to alteration the EFCC to database a witnesser to attest successful the case.
Dasuki is lasting proceedings connected an amended 32-count complaint bordering connected transgression breach of trust, dishonest merchandise and receiving assorted sums of wealth to the tune of N33.2 billion.
He was accused of misappropriation of information funds successful the accounts of the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), alongside a erstwhile General Manager with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Aminu Baba-Kusa.
Others are 2 firms: Acacia Holdings Limited and Reliance Referral Hospital Limited.
The EFCC arraigned the 4 defendants afresh connected March 25 and accused Dasuki, among others, of releasing the equivalent of N10 cardinal successful overseas currencies from the NSA’s account.
The relationship with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for the 2014 statesmanlike superior predetermination of the past ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
Dasuki and his co-defendants, however, pleaded not blameworthy to the charges, marked arsenic FCT/HC/CR/43/2015.
At the resumed proceeding of the case, the prosecution witness, Adariku Michael, a detective with the EFCC, informed the tribunal that the anti-corruption committee received an quality study connected Sept. 21, 2015, bordering connected maltreatment of bureau and wealth laundering.
He alleged the NSA moved immense sums of wealth betwixt October 2014 and April 2015 to accounts of assorted companies.
The witnesser said the study was assigned to a peculiar taskforce squad headed by ACE 1 Halimah Kazeem, of which helium was a member, to transportation retired investigations connected the report.
“I got to cognize astir this lawsuit erstwhile the committee (EFCC) received an quality study connected Sept. 21, 2015, bordering connected maltreatment of bureau and wealth laundering.
The witnesser said that connected receiving the report, the peculiar task unit promptly swung into enactment and wrote a missive of probe activities to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
It was astatine this constituent that counsel for Baba-Kusa, Solomon Umoh SAN, told the tribunal that the witnesser was not listed by the prosecution connected the database of witnesses successful the insubstantial the EFCC served the defence team.
“This is against the provisions of Section 379 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA),” helium said.
The prosecution counsel, Oluwaleke Atolagbe, however, told the tribunal that the witnesser had fixed grounds earlier the Chief Judge successful the case.
He further submitted that respective documents were tendered by the prosecution arsenic exhibits done the witness.
”This lawsuit had lasted astir 10 years,” helium said.
Atolagbe, however, sought an adjournment for the prosecution to bash the needful.
This was not opposed by the defence team.
Based connected this, the presiding judge, Justice Charles Agbaza, adjourned the lawsuit until Oct. 31 for continuation of hearing. (NAN)
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